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Letters .Patent No. 7 5,801, elated March 24, 1868.

` IMPRVBMENT lll` HARVESTER-RAKES.

roam. wrioM rr MAY conclues:

Be it known 'that we, WILLIAM H. SEYMUUR and AARON PALMER, of Brockport, county of Monroe, and

'State of New York, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Automatic Rakes for Harvester-s; and we do hereby-declare the following to bea full, clear, and exactidescription of the same, reference being had to the accom anvinr drawings malrinf1r a art of this s eciiication, in whicha a 5 c -Figurc 1 is a perspective view of a reaper having our improved rake applied.

Figure 2 is Va vertical section through the gear-standard andcounter-shaft, showing the arrangement of the driving-gear and sl1ipping-l ever.`

Figure 3 is a perspective view ofthe driving bevel-wheel and tubular crank-'pinion detached and Figure 4 is aperspective view of the slotted cranklever detached.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures.

Our invention consists in a novel arrangement of means for imparting the necessary movement to a vibrating sweep-rake, and for giving to said rake anincrcased velocity at the beginning of its 'delivery stroke, as hereinafter explained. i y

p In the accompanying drawings, A- represents the main frame, which may he made or cast in one piece, in form substantially as represented in iig. 1, and is provided with a perforated standard or uprighnB, to which the axle C of the main drive-wheel D is attached 'in any suitable manner. 'Said frame is also provided with suitable slots aia', to receive the multiplying bevel-wheel and pinion on suitable shafts, mounted on 4the main frame, and from which motion is imparted to thecutter in a manner that will he readily understood. vE is the finger-bar, 'bolted at its inner end to au arm, A", of the main frame, and F is the platform attached at its forward 4edge to the bar- E, in. any` usual manner, and supported in rear upon an obliquely-arranged bar, E', secured at its inner end to a rear-projecting arm, AL, of the main frame, and its outer end to the rear end of the dividinghoard Gr, to which the vf )utenend of the finger-har is ,also connected, as shown at e, lig. 1. v The'platforru F is -made in quadrant or nearlg;1 quadrant form, and is provided, at its inner andeutet sides or edges Vwith grainguards or fenders, conforming in curvature to the path of .the vibrating-rake, hereinafter-described, and which Y assist the rake in Atheproper discharge of the grain. H is a gear-standard, which is bolted or otherwise. rmly secured 'to frame Aand sstan'dard'B. -Said' standard H may be made of an angular form, in horizontal section,

.for purposes of lightness and strength, and is provided with'altubular s'tnd brasile, I, upon which is mounted a hevehwheel, il', armed with a tu with and receives its motion from a spur-wheel, K', attached to and rotating with the main drive-wheel D. The spupwheel K is adapted' to slide ou sleeve J", and has its-innerace provided with a ring or series 'of inclined teeth, or a half clutch matching, with a correspcndinghalf clutch. on the adjacent face ofthe bevel-wheel d'.

The inclined faces or sides of these clutches are sin-arranged that when the, machine is hacked the teeth ofclutch you wheel K will slip thoseon the bevel-wheel J, and allow the latter to Ire'rniziin stationary. L isastatianary shaft orrod, mounted inlthe'tuhular stud or. axle cf standard H, upoirthe outer 'end of whichrrod or shaft the spur-wheel K is'tno'n.r 1ted,.or4 sc attached thereto asto turn freelyl thereon. The innerend of rod or shaft L is V connected to a lever, M, which has its fulcrum in an arm o r rod, r., attached to the gear-standard, as shown in figs. l and 2. is 'a spiral spring, applied to the shaft or rod L, 'between the standard H and lever M, made, in

this instance, in' a spira'lform, surrounding the shaft at its inner end, and located in a. socket, h', formed in a standard, H, to receive it. The shaft or rod L is adapted to slide in its bearing in the gear-standard, and is operated by spring Z and lever M, to clutch'and un'clutch the wheel K and'. hevelivheel .l the spring serving to keep said wheel in gear during Ythe forward motion of the machine, except when thrown out by the driver by hular sleeve,.J,`u on which is loosel mountcda's ur-wheel, K, which `iineshes P Y P operating lever M, and allowing the wheelK to rotate without turning the bevel-wheel J, when the'rnachine is.

backed, in the manner explained. N is a tubular bevel-pinion, mounted on a stationary stud, j, on standard H, and gearing with and receiving its motion from bevel-wheel J. Said pinionjNis armed with a. sleeve, N', and crank-pin u, as represented in iig. 3. O is a crank-arm, attached to and turning upon a fixed eccentric-Stud or pin, j', on stud y', and provided with an elongatedslog'c in which -the crank-pin n works, and through which the rotation of the eccentric-crank arm is eie'cted in a manner that will be readily understood. p islacrank- 'pin on the swinging end of arm O, to which one end of the rake-pitman Q is attached hy means of a ball and socket, or other sitablejoint. R isa tubular swinging crane or frame, made in two or more parts, bolted or otherwise properly secured to each other, and mounted in suitable bearings in or upon a ixed upright stud or pivot on the frame A. The Arear or'swinging end of said frame or crane is provided with an angular arm, R",

' also made tubular or otherwise, adaptedvto receive and afford suitable bearings for the angular rake-arm S, to

which therake-head S', made in any desired or usual form, is attached. The rake-arm is 4slotted at or near its heel br pivoted end, as shown at s, said slot being slightly elongated,to adapt it to receive and admit of slight play of a bent rod'or rock-shaft, T, through which the rakereceives it rising and falling and also its vibrating movements. Shaft or rod T is mounted inthe tubular frame R or its equivalent', and is bent or 'deflected at its rear end, as shown at t, passing -out through a perforationy in frame or crane R, in. advance of the rake-pivot therein, and extending into the slot s in the rake-arm. The forward end of the, rod or shaft T is provided with a cross-head or arm, to which the outer forked end of pitman Q isattached, as shown in fig. 1.

The operation is as follows: Motion is communicated 'from the drive-wheel to the eccentric-crank arm or lever O, through the spur-gears K Ki', bevel-wheel'J, and. bevel-crank pinion Al\}','and by means of the pitrnan connected tberewith,`and with the forwardend of the angular rod or shaft T, mounted in the tubular rake-frame oricrane, the rake is vibrated lormoved back and forth over the platform in a manner that will be `readily understood. The movement of the crank-arm in a vertical or nearlyvertical plane, in-connection with the manner of attaching the forked outer end of the pitman lto the cross-head of shaft T, or its equivalent, gives to said shaft a 'rocking or rolling motion in its bearings in crane R, as the crank-pin rises and falls in passing its deadcentres in its revoluti'on','and thereby, through the bent or deflected arm t working in slot s in the rake-arm, serves to give the necessary rising and fallingmovements of the rake. The drawing, tig. 1represents the crankjarm in position, rising to pass its outer centre, and the rake in position, just descending upon the forward edge of the platform to sweep the grain therefrom'during the outward throw -of the crank-arm.v When the rake has swept the platform, 'and the outwardtbr'ow vof the crank-arm is nearly completed, the descent of the orankarm rolls lthe bent shaft inward, throwing up the bent arm t, which Acarries the rake-arm with it, causing the rake to assume an elevated' position for its return stroke. The eccentric arrangement of the pivot or shaft of the. slotted crak-arm relativevto its ldrivingcrank pin n, causes said pin n. to move 'inward in the slot 0, towardthe xed pivot on which the crank-arm turns, thereby shorteningthe lfulcrum of said arm, and elongating its crank-end relative to crankpin n, as the latter rises in its revolution, and at the instant the rake descends upon the platform to sweep, the grain therefrom. The crank-pin n, movingat a uniform speed, and acting, at'the moment of rising, at a pont'nearexzto the lfixed centre upon .the length-cned crank-arm, in vthe manner explained, serves to give an increased speed tothe rake-driving crank-arm. vand a more rapid movement Ais thus given to the rake at the commencement of its delivery-stroke.y

It will be obvious that the form and construction of theseveral parts hereinabovementioned maybe variedl to suit the different arrangements thereof, in adapting oui` improvements for use in different .constructions of harvesting-machines to which they may be applied, withoutdeparting from our invention.

Having now described our invention, what we claim, is.-` n

1. The rake-arm mounted in the swinging end of the rakefframe or crane, and provided with a. slot or per-v A foration, substantially as and for the purpose described.

42. The swinging-rake frame or crane', in combination with the angular l'rod or rock-shaft and rake-arm, substantially as described.

3. The angular rod or shaft, in combination with'the rake-arm, operating as described.

4. Operating the'bent arm orrockshaft to raise and depress the rake, by meansof thecrank and pitman,

substantially as described. y

'5. The eccentric slotted crank-arm, or its equivalent, whereby the speed of the rake is varied, as described.

6. The shipping-lever and spring, in combination with the rake-gearing on standard substantially as described.

` WILLIAM H. SEYMOUR,

AARON PALMER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM S'roUGnroN, GEO. H. ALLEN. 

